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minutum, swept from herbage on the banks ; Georyssus pygmceus, which 

 occurred on each visit, but most abundantly on June 5th ; three 

 Sledius fracticornis on June 5th ; two specimens of Deronectes assimilis 

 on July 10th and 24th respectively ; and one Hoplia pJiilanthus on 

 July 10th, entangled amongst water weeds floating in mid-stream. 



In a small brook at Swinton on July 15th I took Agahus paludosus ; 

 this species was present in the same brook in 1896, from May 11th to 

 29th ; during the first week in May, 1897, the species had not 

 appeared. 



Clifton, near the "Viaduct over the River Irwell, is historic ground 

 botanically, being a favourite locality with Richard Buxton, the Man- 

 chester artisan botanist, 60 and 70 years ago. Close to Clifton is 

 Mere Clough, a locality where Saperda scalaris was formerly taken in 

 abundance by the older generation of Manchester Coleopterists, 

 Clifton being only three miles from Pendleton, I was able to pay fre- 

 quent short visits, and from the Bolton Canal near the Yiaduct I 

 obtained several interesting species. On June 11th Bagous alismatis 

 was in the utmost profusion on Alis7)ia plantago, and Donacia linearis 

 occurred on the same plant. A visit on July 12th produced Donacia 

 sparganii in abundance on Sparganium, and D. linearis and D. hidens 

 rarely on Potamogeton. D. sparganii occurred constantly at the same 

 spot in decreasing numbers throughout July, and on August 18th four 

 species only were taken ; D. hidens had increased somewhat, twelve 

 specimens being taken on August 18th. 



At Prestwich Rhagium inquisitor occurred under loose bark, and 

 in August Bolitochara ohliqua was taken in agarics, and from lyco- 

 ' perdons Cryptophagus lycoperdi was obtained, together with a single 

 specimen of Liodes orbicularis, a new record for this neighbourhood. 

 In November decaying agarics produced, amongst other species, FM- 

 lonthus decorus and Cercyon unipunctatus. 



At Worsley on September 27th Borytomus pectoralis was obtained 

 by beating sallows at a spot where this species occurred in the same 

 month in 1895 and 1896. In the same locality Baptolinus alternans 

 was common in a decaying stump, Gryptophagus lycoperdi occurred 

 freely in lycoperdons, and in agarics a fair number of Autalia impressa, 

 together with ScapJiisoma agaricinum^ and various Homalotoe and Gyro- 

 phcenw, not yet determined. 



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